Bad taste in mouth

[Tiger101]

Anyone with PD get bad taste in mouth if so what can be done?

[Serenity_finaly-1]

Sour Jacks candy

[parkie13]

Do you have any clue what is causing it? Medication? Is it coming from your mouth or from your stomach? I'm a firm believer in using 3% hydrogen peroxide in a brown bottle that you buy in a grocery store. I have been using it full strength but if it bothers you you can't diluted with water 50/50. It does the wonderful job killing the bacteria in your mouth.

[Tiger101 in reply to parkie13]

Not sure. It’s going along with his loss of taste and smell. He is newly diagnosed with PD and has started Rytary.

[alexask in reply to Tiger101]

Mannitol restores sense of smell in 80% that have tried it (according to Clinicrowd), so may help with this. It also helps with constipation, so if this is also a problem it is worth a try.

[Tiger101 in reply to alexask]

Awesome thanks! My husband has terrible constipation. Maybe goes once a week. He is newly diagnosed so they don't want to introduce anything until he gets used to the Rytary. This is definitely on my list!

[alexask in reply to Tiger101]

Cool. You can look at my profile for my full regime, but in a nutshell I would recommend - a level tablespoon of Mannitol each morning - ideally in Coffee together with Coconut oil and a low carb breakfast - e.g Bacon and eggs - maybe with one slice of toast. Or a cheese omelette. Take some curcumin with pepper at the same time.

To try and get him moving - apples - eat the core too and crunch the pips as there is some good stuff in there too. Obviously prunes would work too.

I had terrible constipation (from someone who was previously very regular), but this really sorted it.

And exercise as much and varied as possible.

[alexask in reply to alexask]

I am 70 kg. With Mannitol you basically need to balance the amount so you become more regular without spending your entire time on the toilet. And not so much in the evening - I got reflux, which may or may not be related. So I don't really have any after about 3pm.

Lot's of people regain their sense of smell with Mannitol, but not much else - but for the early stages I think it can make a major difference in reversing some even many of the symptoms.